Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-25

engiceers had really taken the field ard
located ore line for forty miles below
Caldwell. He says the road is doing e
heavy business over its new lire iast
opened.
The Missouri Pacific has completed lis
Taylor extension to LsGrange ard tickets
are now on sale in Fort Worth TO that
point When the gap to Pittsvilie IS
completed Fort Worth will nave another
direct line TO Houston and Galveston.
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1t is now said that bath tie Missouri
Pa iic and the Afchis0D, Topeka and
S.nla Fa propose TO run g number Of ex-
cursion trains to Texas, with from twelve
to twenty four hours lay over st Fort
Worth. Everything indicates tdat durpg
the months CT October, November and
December there will be more nsrtEcrn
ana eastern people visit Fort Worth than
have neen here in any one year previously
Steps are being taken ~ officers of the
/ Cuff, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad
Company 10 establish in Texas, under the
charter 0f the Santa Fe Railway Em-
plCyes' Association, a hospital at some
point along the line Of the road The
second section OF the charter fully sets
forth the objects of the association IS
follows: "Thst the purposes for which
this corporation is formed are for the
support OF benevolent and charitable
undertaking, il this: To provide medi-
Cal aud suTgicsl treatment anc
care for the employees Of the Atchiaon,
| Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Com
pany, and the employees OF its leased,
/ operated and auxiliary lines, who may be
/ injured or disabled by accident or sick
ness while in the employ Of ssid company
| or companies, and in the line of duty.
! And ID furnish such other and additional
! privileges and beletits TO said employees
/ as may from time to time be directed by
/ the board Of trustees Of this association
| Provided thGt such additional benefits
and advantages shall not be inconsistent
with, nor Interfere with the main OBJ
/ ieCt Of such ASSOCIATION es herein
! before expressed; and to that end to
purchase grounds and purchase, erCc
and maintain suitable buildings for
/ hospital or other purposes, at suitable
! points alor z the lires of said railroads
and their branches" Cieburne has strong
hopes of getting the Texas hospital. As
fsr as known no other city on the road
8 asked for it.
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| Nej0r James T Fanst0D, cf the Dallas,
Archer and Pacific Railroad, paid THE
! GAZETTE pleasant call on yesterda0
Major Vanston is q prominent citizen Of
) Dallas, and locks like q boy who had
been living among cold ard CrueI
strangers. lie is liberal, enterpriSi1e
and energetic, and OF course is out 0!
| place in Dallas. He comes over TO Fort
Worth every now and then to where peo-
pie sre alive. The atmosphere is con
genial here, snd II does his soul good tC
get among people who can turn dollar
loose without having q piece Of whap2
leather tied TO It. He tries to be one q
the people over here, and succeeds ed
mirably, albeit 1sck OF seli-contldenCe
and strangeOCss IS noticeable, like one
can see in the conduct Of 8 society belle
who has teen suhdued by three months
! residence with Quaker aunt. He i.
quick, intelligent aud energetic, but
there is an underCurrent OF sadness in hi:
words, soft, weird symphony in hi;
tones, which is suggestive OF Dallas, that
graveyard CT enterprise and sarcOpbegus
Of energy. IN short time Major VaustoI
wonld make real thorough going For
Worthite. 1t IS & pity 10 see him buried
prematurely in that clammy city OF Ink
silent living.
81 have been over the road closing "
subsidies and securing right Of way pre-
parstory TO commencing work. You PEG
pie over here give US fits, but we cam
help that; it stings and smarts, but keep
US going, and a little squirting up doe
not hurt some of US. THE GAZETTE i: